Preserving the natural beauty and water quality of Cypress Creekfor generations to come

Watershed Best Management Practices

Water Quality

Maps of the Cypress Creek Watershed

Our Goal:

Cypress Creek Watershed Protection Plan aims to ensure that the long-term integrity and sustainability of the Cypress Creek watershed is preserved and that water quality standards are maintained for present and future generations.

A bright-faced songbird of the Texas Hill Country still faces enough threat from population growth and land development in the San Antonio-Austin region to need shelter under the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge in Austin has ruled.

Kinder Morgan is moving full-speed ahead with its plan to route a 430-mile, 42-inch natural gas pipeline through the center of Hays County—but local governments are making their opposition to the project known. Hays County Commissioners Court voted unanimously at its Feb. 26 meeting to oppose the Permian Highway Pipeline “on behalf of the interests of the citizens of Hays County and in recognition of the potential harm the [Permian Highway Pipeline] poses to its natural and economic resources.”

Citizen complaints have been filed with the District Attorney’s (DA) office after the city of Wimberley failed to post a notice of possible quorum prior to a Feb. 25 Texas Water Development Board (TWDB) meeting that four city council members attended.

The San Marcos City Council chamber was full of members of the community on Tuesday, March 5, as the council considered a resolution opposing the proposed route of the Kinder Morgan Permian Highway Pipeline through Hays County.

Overgrown or unwanted pet fish often end up in the nearest waterway, but in San Marcos, local officials are working to make sure that doesn’t happen with a special pond for those that don’t have an aquarium to call home.

Kyle-area residents packed Wallace Middle School to press Kinder Morgan on the company’s proposed 430-mile underground natural gas pipeline. But the open house, hosted by Kinder Morgan officials, left some residents with more questions than answers.

One week after Hays County Commissions voted to support House Bill 1303, Dripping Springs City Council on Feb. 19 followed suit, passing a resolution of support of their own. House Bill 1303 would restrict the presence of billboards along certain roads in Hays County.

Though it may feel like this winter is going to go on forever, fear not, as spring flowers are well on their way. Especially in the state of Texas. According to Wide Open Country, Texas Hill Country — a region located at the nexus of west, central, and south Texas — could see its greatest flower bloom in a decade.

The Texas Land Trends project of Texas A&M’s Natural Resources Institute, or NRI, has published a special series report describing Texas landowner participation in land conservation easements and their value to agricultural production, water and wildlife.

A bright-faced songbird of the Texas Hill Country still faces enough threat from population growth and land development in the San Antonio-Austin region to need shelter under the Endangered Species Act, a federal judge in Austin has ruled.

Texas is one of the fastest growing states in the country. But a downside of this growth is that, coupled with extreme weather events, such as droughts and floods, many of our existing water resources are becoming overburdened.

Nick Dornak is the director of watershed services at Texas State University in San Marcos. Since 2012, he’s been working with Caldwell County on a bounty program to encourage landowners and hunters to help stop the spread of the state’s pig problem.

With the memory still fresh of Hurricane Harvey's deadly 2017 assault on the Texas coast, which swamped part of the nation's refining and chemical industry, state lawmakers are looking for ways to prevent devastating future flooding.

Tap water in Austin, Texas, stinks. And, city officials say zebra mussels in a raw water pipeline are to blame. A line at a water treatment plant southwest of Lake Austin became infested with the invasive species about a year ago, the Austin Monitor reports, and city began removing the mollusks.

These maps are both data-rich and absolutely gorgeous. You’re looking at watershed maps, showing the flow of tributary streams into main rivers, and of those water courses into the sea (or final destinations inland).

The Hays Trinity Groundwater Conservation District’s (HTGCD) job is to protect groundwater that you own beneath your property and all the groundwater resources, like Jacob’s Well, that play a vital role in Hays County’s economy.